throw a monkey wrench into something

Slang definitions & phrases for throw a monkey wrench into something

throw a fit

verb phrase

To behave or react very angrily; have kittens: She just about threw a fit when I told her we weren't going/ Well, they threw a spaz and said I can't see him or have him over(entry form 1896+, variant 1990s+)

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